Gregarius » July 9, 2010

Another body believed to be the second of two missing Hungarian tourists was recovered near the accident site.

A $7.2 billion federal stimulus package will help extend high-speed access to more poor and rural sections of the United States.

The Disney star, 17, has gone from teen idol to sexual icon. Many of her young fans disapprove and some are moving on.

Children can say the darnedest things, but when they start asking financial questions, it’s best to be prepared.

The success of two Indian-American politicians — Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana and Nikki Haley in South Carolina — has stirred pride and backlash among Indian-Americans.

With elections on Sunday, the lack of a party with clear momentum has left political opinions divided.

With elections on Sunday, the lack of a party with clear momentum has left political opinions divided.

The replacement of the containment cap could begin as early as Saturday, said Adm. Thad W. Allen.

By lashing out with a personal attack, Dan Gilbert made LeBron James a sympathetic figure.

The White House began deliberating a spy swap with Moscow nearly a month ago, well ahead of the arrests of 10 Russians in the United States less than two weeks ago, a White House official said Friday.

The suicide attack, which killed at least 60, was aimed at tribal elders and authorities involved in helping people resist the Taliban.

The suicide attack, which killed at least 60, was aimed at tribal elders and authorities involved in helping people resist the Taliban.

The chairman of the New Black Panther Party, in an interview Friday with Fox News, defended his group amid an uproar over a voter intimidation case dropped by the Obama administration, a move that an ex- Justice Department official alleges was for racial reasons

The renewal, which allows Google to continue to operate in China, ended months of tensions over censorship.

For months, the dissolution of the marriage of the Dodgers’ owners has riveted Los Angeles.

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The White House is "thumbing its nose" at one of the most fundamental American rights by not investigating allegations that the Justice Department wrongly abandoned a 2008 voter intimidation case, former Bush adviser Karl Rove charged on Friday.

The exchange on Friday of 10 convicted Russian sleeper agents for four men deemed to be spies for the West ended an episode that had threatened relations between the two nations.

The study supports critics’ contentions that the diabetes drug may cause heart attacks.

A Cincinnati mother gave birth to twin sons earlier this week, each weighing around 10 pounds, FOX 19 reported.

As the threat of violence stemming from illegal immigration hangs over federal lands in southern Arizona, an internal memo from 2007 reveals that refuge officers have been spending most of their time struggling to deal with border-related activities instead of protecting wildlife habitat.  

The seizure appeared to involve products that escaped a nationwide recall of dairy foods after the 2008 scandal.

In his latest book, bestselling author and journalist Gary Rivlin says the rapacious practices of subprime lenders laid the foundation for powerful mainstream banks to get into the subprime business and turn it into a multi-billion dollar enterprise. He calls this the "poverty industry." And for those in this industry, business is booming. The book is called, "Broke, USA: From Pawnshops to Poverty, Inc.–How the Working Poor Became Big Business."[includes rush transcripts]

Scores of people were arrested in Oakland, California Thursday night in protests over the verdict in the Oscar Grant shooting. Grant was the unarmed 22-year-old African-American man who was shot dead by Johannes Mehserle, a white transit officer, on an Oakland train platform on New Year’s Day, 2009. A jury in Los Angeles convicted Merserle of involuntary manslaughter but he was acquitted on the more serious charges of second-degree murder and voluntary manslaughter.[includes rush transcript]

We speak with Lance Rosenfield, a freelance photographer who was hired by ProPublica to take pictures of BP’s Texas City refinery that had spewed thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals into the skies. While on assignment Rosenfield was followed by BP Security and then detained by local police.[includes rush transcript]

Just over three months ago, thousands of pounds of toxic chemicals begin spewing into the skies from BP’s massive oil refinery in Texas City. The release began on April 6, two weeks before the explosion on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig, but it took BP weeks to even realize there was a problem. BP now estimates 538,000 pounds of chemicals escaped from the refinery over a 40-day period. We speak with reporter Ryan Knutson of ProPublica and Frontline who traveled to Texas City to investigate what happened.[includes rush transcript]

Concerns are being raised about the hazards posed by thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells throughout the Gulf Coast. An Associated Press investigation found more than 27,000 abandoned sites are in danger of leaking, with about 13 percent said to be particularly worrisome. Regulations forcing companies to plug the wells have been routinely ignored with no government intervention. We speak with Jeff Donn, the AP reporter who broke the story.[includes rush transcript]

Mixing policy and politics, President Obama called on Congress Friday to expand a clean energy tax credit that could pay off in Nevada, where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is struggling in his re-election campaign.

Sentenced to eight years in a North Korean labor camp, a man from Boston attempted suicide, state media reported.

• Appeals Court Maintains Reversal of Deepwater Drilling Ban
• Mass. Judge Rules Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
• Protests Erupt in Oakland After Verdict in Grant Trial
• CENTCOM Nominee Led Fallujah Assault, Dropped Charges in Haditha Massacre
• Over 50 Killed in Pakistan Bombing
• U.S., Russia Swap Alleged Spies
• European Lawmakers OK U.S. Monitoring of Financial Transactions
• Netanyahu: Israel "Has Done Enough" for Resumption of Talks
• Libyan Charity Claims Aid Ship Heading to Gaza
• Wages for High School, College Graduates Fell in Last Decade
• Wealthier Americans Have Higher Mortgage Default Rate
• U.S. Denies Visa to Colombian Journalist
• CNN Fires Middle East Editor for Twitter Post
• Protesters Call for Cancellation of MLB All-Star Game in Arizona
• Nixon and Kissinger Admitted to CIA Assassination Attempt in Chile; Nixon Ordered Plans for Nuking North Korea
• 16 Arrested at G20 Remain Jailed; Police Conduct Probed

If elected to Congress, Kesha Rogers has an ambitious agenda. She has campaigned on colonizing Mars, impeaching President Obama, and freeing America from the clutches of the British Empire. But first, the improbable Democratic nominee in Texas's 22nd district just wants to win recognition from her fellow party members. A devotee of Lyndon LaRouche—the fringe leader whose following is more often likened to a cult than a political movement—Rogers shocked Texas Democrats by winning the House primary race in March, carrying 53 percent of the vote in an anemic three-way contest in Tom DeLay's old district.

Rogers poses little threat to incumbent Rep. Pete Olson in the securely Republican district, located in the southern Houston area. But her extreme views have prompted the state party to disavow her. Since her primary win, the Texas Democratic Party has refused to even list her on the party's website. The party has defended its actions by saying that the LaRouche movement has had a long history of "illegal activities, discriminatory proclamations and thuggish behavior."

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